The Obedient Duck chapter 2

After Lily realized that she had fallen into the mayor’s trap, she planned to save herself before the poison took effect. Her first thought was to escape from home and ask the neighbors for help, but the key to the big iron lock was in the mayor’s hand, and she couldn’t open the door. Her second thought was to call for help through the crack in the door, but her house was closest to the mayor’s. The mayor would definitely be the first to hear the sound, and then she would die even faster. She was so helpless that she slumped to the ground…

The next day, the mayor was the first to come to Lily’s house. When he saw Lily lying motionless on the ground, he pretended to shout. The neighbors nearby heard the noise and came over. Someone said they should break into the house, but the mayor quickly stopped them, “We need to protect the scene. I’ll call the police right away!”

The police arrived quickly and broke into the house. Just then, Lily jumped up and grabbed the mayor, saying, “Uncle policeman, he is the bad guy who wanted to kill me to cover up his crime!”

The police were stunned, and the mayor was terrified. He stammered, “Is… is this a ghost coming back to life?”

Why didn’t Lily die after eating so much water hemlock? It turned out that Lily had once heard from her father about an emergency treatment method: If someone accidentally eats water hemlock and the poison hasn’t taken effect yet, taking fresh duck blood immediately can detoxify and save the person. When Lily had no other way to save herself, she suddenly thought of this method. Her ducks were very tame and would come when called, even at night. So she called the ducks to the door, grabbed one, brought it into the house, and killed it with pain…